Flying toy for throwing or catching

a toy and flying technology, applied in the field of flying toys, can solve the problems of unsuitable children's unsupervised play and extremely dangerous combustion driven rockets

Active Publication Date: 2017-12-21
MARTINO MARC GREGORY
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These designs result in toys that fly straighter, travel farther, and are safer for users, addressing the issues of stability and distance while ensuring durability and cost-effectiveness.

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Combustion driven rockets are extremely dangerous and not suitable for unsupervised play by children.

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[0115]Jetball:

[0116]There are several improvements disclosed herein for a self-propelled flying toy 80, herein referred to commonly as the Jetball. In some embodiments, the Jetball may resemble a football and be used in a similar manner for throwing and catching. The improvements to the self-propelled flying toy 80 are a continuation of the developments previously disclosed in application Ser. No. 11 / 500,749 filed on Aug. 8, 2006 and also the CIP application Ser. No. 11 / 789,223 filed on Apr. 24, 2007, which are both herein incorporated in full by reference.

[0117]Development of the Jetball has resulted in a significant amount of research and development in attempts to make the product function appropriately, let alone make it marketable. Initial prototypes of the Jetball were significantly heavy, as they were on the order of 300-400 grams. These Jetballs used a significant amount of LiPo batteries to generate enough force to make the product interesting and fun to play with. Generati...

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A flying toy for throwing and / or catching includes an elongated body forming a fuselage. The body extends along a longitudinal axis from a front end to a rear end. A lift-generating wing is non-movably attached in relation to the body. A horizontal stabilizer is disposed at or near the rear end of the body, where the horizontal stabilizer disposed behind the lift-generating wing. A vertical stabilizer is disposed at or near the rear end of the body, where the vertical stabilizer is disposed behind the lift-generating wing. A push surface is attached to the body and extends perpendicular in relation to the longitudinal axis. The push surface faces towards the rear end of the body. The push surface allows a user to push the flying toy forward when thrown.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This continuation application claims priority to application Ser. No. 14 / 261,563 filed on Apr. 25, 2014 which itself was a continuation-in-part application claiming priority to application Ser. No. 13 / 046,089 filed on Mar. 11, 2011 now U.S. Pat. No. 8,777,785 issued on Jul. 15, 2014 which itself claimed priority to provisional application 61 / 341,124 filed on Mar. 26, 2010. The continuation-in-part application Ser. No. 14 / 261,563 also claimed priority to provisional application 61 / 816,812 filed on Apr. 29, 2013. The contents of all the applications referenced above are incorporated herein in full with these references.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention generally relates to flying toys. More particularly, the present invention's claims relates to a throwing or catching toy having a body configured to be thrown or caught where the body includes a lift-generating wing configured to allow the toy to glide in the air.BACKGROUND OF...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B43/00A63H27/00A63H27/14A63H33/18
CPCA63H33/18A63H27/14A63H27/00A63B43/002A63H27/005A63H29/22A63H31/08
InventorMARTINO, MARC GREGORY
OwnerMARTINO MARC GREGORY